New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-02
A GREAT CATHEDRAL PLAN.
The PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. TO
BUILD ONE HERE.
IT WILL BE CALLED ST. JOHN THE DIvINE's. WILL
COST $6.O00,O00 AND WILL BE FOUR TIMES
AS LARGE AS ST. PATMcKs-BIsHoP
PoTrER's ADDRESS TO

40 LAhGE AS ST. PATRICKS-BISHOP
PoTrERs ADDRESS TO
THE PUBLIC.
The building of great Protestant Episcopa
Cathedral in New-York City has long been favo.
rite project with the church authorities here and
the many liberal and charitable members of that
prosperous and flourshing denomination Miss
Catharine LoriIlard Wolfe, it is we'll known, at
one time intended to supplement her large and con.
stant gifts to Grace Church by foundation OF
100000 for stately new cathedral.
And only an accident, one of those unhappy
slips between design and accomplishment, many
good churchmen still maintain, robbed this do
cese of that princely honor
But the Cathedral project dates back even fur
ther than Miss Wolfe's proposed gift In April,
1873, seventeen prominent members and clergy
in the Protestant Episcopal churches here took
out q charter from the Legislature for
a cathedral corporation. Some little progress was
made in the way of subscriptions but the hard
times just after the panic made any definite steps
even toward purchasing ground impossible The
original plan was to take the two open blocks then
fronting Central Park. between Fifty seventh aud
FIfy-ninth SITS and Sixth and Seventh avepsi1Dishop
HOrati0 Potter was at the head OF
the Board Of Trustees He advised
letting the matter be quiet for several years. The
park lots were bought and the site was lost.
With the death of Bishop Horatio Potter last
year. only eight of the original seventeen tru tees
were left. Bishop Henry & Z. Potter then became
were, filled from time to time. and the boaIdl now
stands with the fOllowing list of trustees: nehop
the bs Rey DE- Mo- R1 rector OF Ty
rector OF the the 6 Church Of the Ascension;
of the Church of the TRANSPORTATION the
Rev Dr. F:h r w,II;sy Cody Of Hyde PARK Y,
1ash I
Roosevelt William Butler Duncan, Stephen p.
Nash, George MaccuIloch Miller and Richard Auch-
muty. George Macculloch Miller Is the secretary
OF the board. Nine of the trustees are empowered
to call meetings at any time and act as a quorum.
The scheme has been pushed quietly for the last
progress euouah as they think with subscriptions o
and promises of support to put the
plan now before the public, Bishop Potters
eloquently the need for and purposes Of the
new Cathedral. 1t will be broadly National and
popular in character and services and most noble
and striking ornament architectura!ly to the city.
The Bspop's address was issued rather unexpect-
edly late last night, and so secret has the
whole plan been kept that 1T will come as a SUI
prise to most Of the churchmen even in this 10
cese. The full text OF the address is as follows:
or nS pride
the city Of
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to BE- centre etsFs Of scisncs saS Of art Adorned By
tho p1aSs. Of sa nSs won . q:
the guardian OF noble libraries and treasures OF painting
women ali over the land and otter tan onr own
s Ss1r city Of OF asa ana
thought Never before its history there cordia
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and more worthy Of that foremost place and that large
in view q these fact. that lie influence not only the
direction of culture and but the side great moral
becomes j 4
these rather than wealth culture which ha, made nations
been dominated Dy spiritual cas nculcatng devotion
on has achieved It's wOhles victories and nas great ctes
have @ asS sS and
and embodiment In sOle Institutions and structures and
and o. reverence for the unseen Amid hiass snsisss
and trumphus over decay themselves they have knded ID
the hearts OF humanity serene patience under adversely
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Ing yet The provisions for shelter the places OF traffic ta
seneTa,ons hat built and hilei them hut the is%ps
wSe love S n ns @ G 9
light OF sunrse these survive the shock Of centuries aud
testify ha, religion and love and honor for the good are mex
For the erection OF such bulling worthy Of great city,
time would seem to have arrived No american who has seen
ing every that gather in ST. Pau Cathedral and
tS 1SSs 'sS equally dignity as%
s ss Of and
ali who within them Offering g All men. q whaieyes
language understood by the common people bdaE thAr
on devotion all hours without fee restriction.
they have been waes, the brotherhood OF humanity IN
the bond OF the Divine Nazarene ant OF the need OF tho
human heart io some worthy place and voice ior the OK
need waits moro adequate of expression
among Sgr'eys, We want Gnee are many who are r9n
sanctuary worthy q great people, dsspes. faith daa,
and rectudc needs to-day nober visible
IN one wo'a Dnn w s M M
cndence God aud upon His blessing upon our under
taking. . .,..,
sucha building would meet moreover. practical and urs.
sj IL would be the peoples church. in which
rights could be bought hired or held on any pretext what
90 II would be the rghta centre Of practical phia1thro
work OF city and especially the edueatiou Of
skilled teachers and workers intelligent as well as emo
Co. would have pulpit In Witch tS the the best preachers
schools OF thought would have place aud opportunity has
ae Pss ms %sOpfs p S S.o G%s n M s
o. truth WIDER deeper and larger than those Of
Sss. ss
yiydIy Tscai their .etyicss ..
he more bod than r.imenS" tai
dom and that s best lives here who lives in the Inspiration
In conmendns mis- undertaking TO my telowc,lzens
need only add that has originated in no personal wish or de-
many not Of the communion OF which minister Thes.
with Others have long believed ana stan ready some ok
them faith by their works Ia IN material
there especial need TN. great ely OF soma command
mi tai truths of the religion Of Jesus Christ
such a building would necessity under present
ure 10 be administered by the church under whose
would be reared but its welcome would te Tor All
whatsoever fellowship and its Influence would DO es
the interests of our common Christianity hroushou the
land IL wond be the symbol OF foreign sovereign
IT, whether the domain OF faith morals but the exponent
great religious ideas IN which the foundations OF the
Republic were laid and OF which our open BiD our family
NE Ian and our se, ieEatas @ are the s
these words addressed native OK
New York. nearly twenty citizsn
Of its chief city. ] own to an affection for ~
at deep and ardent An eccIesiasuc ~
profession, have nevertheless. hope shown myso1 @
Indifferent other than those winch are
merely in their and AIMS and "
aggrandzement OF the Church whose
servant which here solcitous There arxer
any that only ecclesiastical and Is that
as believe. that such undertaking as have mere
,ketchsd would pre- omineny serve As such earnestly
~ ~ IIKNRY c. POTTER
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